Monte Tondo - Garganega Frizzante - Soave, Veneto, Italy 45-degree riverside vineyard with slate

45-degree riverside vineyard with slate soils

and is aged for a long time in French oak

the Semillon is balanced by the nerve and punch of Sauvignon Blanc and the pronounced florality of the Muscadelle

or biodynamic

Monte Tondo - Garganega Frizzante - Soave, Veneto, Italy 45-degree riverside vineyard with slateGarganega is the main, indigenous grape of the Soave region and its wine. The better Soaves will be 100% Garganega, as this one is, and are some of my favorite Italian white wines. Monte Tondo is a family winery from the Soave Classico region. Frizzante means a sparkling wine that has about half the pressure inside the bottle as a champagne, hence the regular cork.